3 days ago
Toronto, Canada or Vancouver, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Build scalable, high-performance backend systems focused on scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Own large, complex engineering projects from planning through deployment.
- Collaborate with product and customer teams to align engineering work with business needs.
- Balance hands-on coding with guiding the team’s technical direction.
- Guide and unblock other engineers through thoughtful code reviews and architectural feedback.
- Help shape Canals as the company scales with its customers.
Requirements
- Senior-level experience as a backend engineer building scalable, high-performance systems.
- Experience working independently in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.
- Ability to take ownership of deliverables and ensure projects are delivered to a high standard.
- Ability to guide and unblock other engineers and provide code reviews and architectural feedback.
- Experience in high-growth startups or small teams is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote-first and flexible work arrangement with a team distributed across North and South America.
- Opportunity to work on software solving operational problems for wholesale distributors.
- Meaningful impact at a profitable, rapidly growing company with strong product-market fit.
- Investment in employee hiring, development, and career growth.
- Collaborative environment with ambitious teammates and values centered on ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.
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About Canals
Canals builds an AI-powered automation platform for distributors, integrating with existing ERP and back-office systems to handle sales order entry, accounts payable, purchasing, customer service, and receiving. It sells software that reduces manual processing and errors across distribution operations; the company is privately held and headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. Over 100 distributors run on Canals, and the company has raised a Series A round.